Felicia Parris, Patient
Center for Family Health
Jackson, MIRead her story

Share Your Story

Personal stories bring to life the value of Health Centers and how they benefit patients, families, and communities, and what they mean to board members, providers, staff, and volunteers. MPCA invites you to share how the Health Center in your community has impacted you and your family. If you live in a community that doesn't have a Health Center but would like to establish one, we want to hear how it would benefit your neighbors and the community as a whole. If you work/volunteer for an organization that partners with a Health Center we want to hear from you, too! Please share with us how this partnership is powering healthier communities.

We would also like to hear from individuals who are newly insured, either through a plan in the Health Insurance Marketplace or Medicaid. How have you benefited from insurance coverage? How would you afford health care if you didn't have coverage?

Please complete the form below, or you may email your story. We also welcome your photos, a video or audio recording, and typed and handwritten testimonials (mail to MPCA: Faces of MI Health Centers, 7215 Westshire Drive, Lansing, MI 48917). If you need assistance with audio or video recording, please let us know.

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Health Center/Organization

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My Affiliation with the Health Center / Organization

My Story: What My Health Center / Insurance Coverage Means to Me *In telling us your story, please consider these questions:- How long have you been a patient/staff member/board member at the Health Center?- Why did you start coming to the Health Center as a patient?- Where did you get care before you became a patient at the Health Center?- If this Health Center wasn't here, where would you go for care today?- Why did you start working at the Health Center?- What do you most enjoy about working at the Health Center?- Why do you choose to practice at the Health Center over other clinical settings?- Why did you want to be a board member at the Health Center?- How does this Health Center benefit your community?- How has this Health Center changed your life?- Do you let other people know how the Health Center can help them?- If you are newly insured, what does coverage mean to you? How has it impacted your life?

PictureIf you have a picture of yourself you'd like to include with your story, you can upload the picture here.

VideoIf you would like to share your story via video, please give us a link to embed.

Authorization *By clicking the box below you are granting Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA) your authorization to use your/your child's testimonial and/or likeness in a photograph/video recording/audio recording in any and all of its products, including publications, websites, social media sites, and videos, without payment or any other consideration; and you understand and agree that these materials will become the property of MPCA and will not be returned "I hereby irrevocably authorize MPCA to edit, alter, copy, exhibit, publish, or distribute this testimonial and/or photograph/video/audio for purposes of publicizing the services of MPCA and/or Health Centers or for any other lawful purpose. In addition, I waive the right to inspect or approve the finished product, including written or electronic copy, wherein my testimony and/or likeness appears. Additionally, I waive any right to royalties or other compensation arising or related to the use of the testimonial/photograph/video/audio. I am 21 years of age or older and am competent to contract in my own name. Or I am certifying that I am the parent/guardian of the child whose story/picture/video/audio recording I am submitting, and do herby give my consent without reservation to the foregoing on behalf of this person. I have read this release before agreeing to the terms below, and I fully understand the contents, meaning, and impact of this release."

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